News from MadisonJournalTODAY - Topics from June, 2017

Leaders from 12 area counties were scheduled to gather in Athens last week to discuss a possible one-cent shared transportation tax. Madison County commissioners recently voted to include a referendum on a November ballot for a one-cent region transportation special purpose local option sale tax (T-SPLOST). But local voters won’t get a vote ...
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A fertilizer-production facility off Hwy. 172 could still be in the works. Jeff Smith and his brother, Stephen, want to operate a manure/litter drying facility in a 150’ by 150’ building at 8315 Hwy. 172. They were recently informed in a letter by county commission chairman John Scarborough that the property needs to be zoned for industrial ...
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A Nicholson man was arrested recently on multiple charges involving alleged child molestation of a family acquaintance under the age of 16. Samuel Francisco Fuentes, 39, was charged with child molestation, two counts of rape, two counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes and two counts of statutory rape (felony). He remains in jail as of ...
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A man was attacked by two intact male blue pit bulldogs June 16 in Colbert. Animal control officer Erin Gray was dispatched along with animal control officer Ken Vaughn. Gray said the man had the tip of a finger bitten off and that he also had bite wounds on his arm and leg. He was taken by Madison County EMS to Piedmont Athens Regional Medical ...
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A “Tire Amnesty Event” will be held June 22-23 and June 28-30 at the Madison County Transfer Station from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. “Take advantage of this great opportunity funded by a state of Georgia grant through Keep Madison County Beautiful,” said organizers. Madison County citizens will be allowed to bring up to six tires for ...
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The county’s industrial authority signed a “letter of intent” last week to provide a half million gallons of water per day to the new power plant facility soon to open in Colbert at the old Trus Joist plant location. The Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority (IDA) signed the letter of intent (LOI) with Georgia ...
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Mainstreet Newspapers won 38 Better Newspaper Contest awards from the Georgia Press Association last weekend, including two papers in the top General Excellence category. The Madison County Journal, Danielsville, and The Jackson Herald, Jefferson, and won third place in General Excellence in their respective circulation categories, the ...
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A “Tire Amnesty Event” will be held June 21-23 and June 28-30 at the Madison County Transfer Station from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. “Take advantage of this great opportunity funded by a State of Georgia grant through Keep Madison County Beautiful,” said organizers. Madison County citizens will be allowed to bring up to six tires for ...
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The Madison County School System is ahead of where they usually are at this time of year in terms of hiring teachers and other staff. Assistant superintendent Bonnie Knight told the board that vacancies are filling quickly, but that they are always looking for bus drivers. She also said a number of schools are undergoing repairs and renovations ...
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Family violence warrants have been issued for a man after an incident on Hwy. 98 East recently. Deputy Zachary Brooks went to the scene and met with a woman who said that the man (who had left the scene by the time he arrived) had been there fighting with her daughter. She said she was not there at the time of the fight but that he had ...
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